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Jenny Shipley Quotes

It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has its own cultural, historical and ethnic identity.

Jenny Shipley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: new zealander
Birth: February 4, 1952

Topics

Ocean Identity World Remember Own

It wasn't until I got to college and had a lot of my ego beaten out of me... That's when I started to turn to literature as something deeper than a way to put up points.

Jesse Andrews

College Me Ego Literature Way Turn

When you're shopping you forget about eating!

Jennifer Hudson

Shopping Eating You Forget About

We always have a little comedy. It's the Marvel secret sauce. I think it's what helps Marvel resonate with the audience, that, yes, we're in the joke, too.

Jeph Loeb

Think Comedy Secret Always Audience

It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.

John H. Johnson

Change Opportunity Smart People Mad

I wasn't political enough to write articles about myself or go to cocktail parties, meaning that not only has my art been pirated and my intellectual property rights stolen, but my work has been misrepresented.

Michael Heizer

Work Art Myself Political Enough Go

It was the Lord's love and my recognition of His presence in my life that made me realize how important it was to give Him the glory and be there for Him.

Tony Orlando

Life Love Me My Life Recognition

In this era of digital special effects, I think it's good to work with our hands and our hearts, to use water and clay, to dry it in the air from the sun. This brings you back to the element of life.

Rithy Panh

Life Work Good Water Sun Think

Childhood bullying was a big part of my life.

Michael Steger

Life Childhood Bullying My Life Big

Mother's Day routine is usually a lot of flour, eggs, and a big mess in the kitchen. That's what it involves in our house. Making sure that mom has her pancakes and coffee.

Luke Hemsworth

Mother Coffee Day Mom Kitchen House

Children will often write, 'We love your books because there are no adults in them.'

Jean Craighead George

Love Children Will Write Because

In the 1930s, the government paid writers to interview 80- and 90-year-old former slaves, and I read those accounts. I came away realizing - not surprisingly - that many slave masters were sadists who spent a lot of time thinking up creative ways of hurting people.

Colson Whitehead

Time Creative Government People Up

You can channel a lot within a comic framework, and I think 'The Guard' had a lot going on outside of the comedy, which is satisfying.

Brendan Gleeson

Think Comedy You Outside Within